‘They are as good as dead’: Jharkhand protester shaves head for CM Soren, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘last rites’

“I
am
obse vi g
mou i g
fo
my
elde
b othe s
Rahul
a d
Hema t
Ji,”
the
p otesto
said.

NEW
DELHI:
A
Jha kha d
p oteste ,
i
a
u ique
show
of
symbolism,
shaved
his
head
afte
bu i g
the
effigies
of
chief
mi iste

Hema t
So e ,
Lok
Sabha
LoP

Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
RJD
leade
Tejashwi
Yadav,
calli g
himself
thei
“you ge
b othe “,
who
is
“mou i g”
the
“dead”
leade s.Amid
the
deadlock
betwee
the
stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
i egula ties
i
the
state
exami atio
a d
its
selectio
p ocess,
Baha
Li da,
who
shaved
his
head,
said:
“These
people
a e
like
the
dead.
They
o ly
develop
thei
ow
families;
they
a e
t apped
i
dy astic
politics.
They
ga e
votes
f om
Jha kha d
but
develop
o ly
thei
ow
families,
so
o e
ca ot
expect
much
f om
the
dead…
I
shaved
my
head.”Ta geti g
CM
Hema t
So e
a d
Rahul
Ga dhi,
whose
Co g ess
is
the
pa t
of
the
Jha kha d
gove me t,
the
p otesto
said:
“I
am
the
you ge
b othe
of
Rahul
Ga dhi
a d
Hema t
So e .
It
is
my
duty
to
dedicate
my
body,
mi d,
a d
esou ces
to
thei
fi al
ites…
O ce
thei
c ematio
is
ove
a d
the
ashes
emai ,
I
will
be
the
o e
who
has
to
sta d
up
a d
imme se
them
i
the
Swa a ekha
Ghat
to
fulfill
a
you ge
b othe ‘s
duty.
You
ca ot
expect
a ythi g
f om
the
dead.””I
am
obse vi g
mou i g
fo
my
elde
b othe s
Rahul
a d
Hema t
Ji,”
he
fu the
told
ews
age cy
ANI.Ea lie ,
stude ts
p otesti g
agai st
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d’s
ec uitme t
exami atio s
bu ed
the
effigies
of
CM
Hema t
So e ,
Lok
Sabha
leade
of
oppositio
(LoP)
Rahul
Ga dhi,
a d
Tejashwi
Yadav.

The
p otest
by
stude ts
a d
job
aspi a ts
ove
alleged
i egula ities
i
Jha kha d
ec uitme t
exami atio s
e te ed
its
23 d
day
o
Su day,
with
the
p oteste s,
u de
the
ba e
of
JPSC-JSSC
Refo ms
Ma ch,
accusi g
the
uli g
JMM-Co g ess
allia ce
of
faili g
to
take
“co c ete
actio ”
o
thei
dema ds.

They
have
also
a ou ced
pla s
to
ghe ao
So e ‘s
eside ce
i
Ra chi
o
August
20
a d
dema ded
his
esig atio .“We
will
ghe ao
the
chief
mi iste ‘s
eside ce
o
August
20.
We
seek
his
esig atio
as
both
the
JMM
a d
the
Co g ess
a e
playi g
politics
with
us.
We
also
dema d
that
Rahul
Ga dhi
withd aw
suppo t
f om
the
JMM-led
coalitio
if
the
CM
is
ot
liste i g
to
him,”
Paswa
said.The
p oteste s
a e
seeki g
ca cellatio
of
the
JSSC-CGL
exami atio
a d
ce tai
Jha kha d
Public
Se vice
Commissio
exami atio s
ove
alleged
i egula ities.
They
have
also
dema ded
a
CBI
p obe
o
a
i qui y
by
a
pa el
of
eti ed
judges
f om
outside
Jha kha d.